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    New lintel

    Someone is coming from the council tomorrow. I hope s/he passes the work.
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    New lintel

    No, the original lintel was also concrete, though it was painted orange and so resembles timber. (It was painted before I moved here.)
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    New lintel

    I didn't (and don't) have a clue about building regs/approval/planning permission etc or that any of them were relevant for a new lintel. I called the building control dept at the local council this morning on the advice of Age UK when I told them about my concerns over the new lintel to see if...
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    New lintel

    No, as I have not heard of them before. Could you tell me more and if they could be a solution?
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    New lintel

    No, as far as I know the building isn't listed or in a conservation area. It is an ordinary little Victorian terrace in a not so great area. Re. the new lintel. So you don't think that it is a cause for concern that it is pointed to the bit left of the old lintel at the place where the crack...
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    New lintel

    I have posted here before and if anyone needs to, you can read my older threads. Anyway, I had a new lintel fitted last week and was not happy with the quality of the work. The builders cut too much off the new lintel and had to put a small piece of the old lintel (the orange bit at the...
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    Another problem

    The engineer was the one who suggested that the metal inside could have corroded.
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    Another problem

    But could the crack have caused the metal inside it to have corroded?
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    Another problem

    It is definitely a concrete lintel-I have touched it and knocked it to be sure
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    Another problem

    Yes, it is.
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    Another problem

    I don't know how to hang them
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    Another problem

    It is a crack in the lintel-I don't know if it has snapped off all together as I can't see how deep the crack is.
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    Another problem

    By the way, I didn't mean you when I said this (assuming you are a builder or involved in building in some capacity) , but the builders who did the work.
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    Another problem

    No, the crack is definitely in the lintel. I don't know how to answer your question about how could a lintel crack vertically 4 inches inside the bearing as I have almost no knowledge of building work. If you accept for the sake of argument that the crack is in the lintel, do you still think...
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    Another problem

    If you enlarge the photo, you can see the crack in the lintel itself.
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